Arizona Wildcats (2-0) set to host the UTSA Roadrunners

Coming off a dominating performance,the Arizona Wildcats (2-0) will host the UTSA Roadrunners on Saturday in Tucson.

Arizona throttled UNLV 58-13 Saturday night in Las Vegas.

Star running back Ka’Deem Carey returned from a one-game suspension to rush for 171 yards on 16 carries.

He didn’t start the game, but it didn’t take long for him to make his presence felt.

On his first touch of the season in the second quarter, the leading rusher in the nation last season went 58 yards to score at UNLV’s Sam Boyd Stadium.

Arizona linebacker Jake Fischer and safety Tra’Mayne Bondurant picked off passes five minutes apart in the second quarter and returned them for touchdowns.

Fischer’s return went for 49 yards. Bondurant traveled 52 yards with his pick, his second return for a TD in as many weeks.

He had a 23-yard interception for a TD a week earlier in a season-opening, 35-0 victory over FCS Northern Arizona.

Carey sat out the Northern Arizona game due to a couple of offseason incidents, according to reports in the Arizona media.

In Arizona, UTSA (1-1) will be playing its second opponent from a major conference in as many weeks.

UTSA had never played a team from a so-called ‘BCS conference’ until it faced Oklahoma State yesterday at the Alamodome.

The 13th-ranked Cowboys registered a 56-35 victory.

Playing the 24th game in UTSA history, the Roadrunners fell behind by 35 points until a late scoring spree reduced the final margin to 21.

Last year, UTSA lost four games in a row by 20 points or more, falling to Rice, 34-14; to San Jose State, 52-24; to Utah State, 48-17 and to Louisiana Tech, 51-27.

The Rice and Louisiana Tech games were on the road.

The losing margin to Utah State (31) remains as the widest in UTSA history.

UTSA naturally wants to avoid another prolonged skid.

The Roadrunners play at UTEP in the Conference USA opener on Sept. 21 and at home against Houston on Sept. 28.

UTSA linebacker Steven Kurfehs said he liked the mettle that his team showed in coming back on Oklahoma State.

“It’s where we come from,” Kurfehs said. “You know, none of us are really highly recruited out of high school. It’s built in us, you know, never give up. People always count us as the underdogs, you know. We’re just going to keep fighting until the end.”